US military slang for a jet fighter aircraft — capturing that image of a sleek metal tube blasting fire out the back as it tears through the sky. Military slang often leans into vivid, mechanical imagery, and 'firecan' perfectly conjures a jet's afterburner roaring at full throttle. It's the kind of nickname that sounds like it came from someone who actually flew or worked around these machines and felt the heat and noise firsthand.
The pilot had logged over a thousand hours in firecans before transitioning to trainers.
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(military slang, US) A jet fighter.
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